Pets in Ancient Egypt: How Pharaohs Treated Their Dogs, Cats, and Baboons

In ancient Egypt, animals were not kept at a distance from daily life. People lived with them, named them, and included them ...
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Exhibit at Walters Art Museum explores ancient tradition of mummified animals

DONALDSON TAKES A LOOK INSIDE. THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ARTIFACT FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS IN ANCIENT EGYPT IS ACTUALLY MUMMIFIED ANIMALS. THERE WERE 7 MILLION DOGS THAT WERE MUMMIFIED, FOUND SO FAR, 4 ...
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Mummified animals Napoleon's scientists brought back from Egypt sparked a pre-Darwinian debate about evolution

Decades before Darwin, there was a debate over transformism, the idea that species change over time. Two colleagues at the French natural history museum were on opposite sides of issue. They hoped to ...
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Egypt unveils animal mummies of lion cubs, crocodiles, birds

Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities on Saturday revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats. Items from the new ...